Stove apron



Jan. 8, 1929.

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UNITED STATES 1,698,564 PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER F ROGERS AND JOHN C. ROGERS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

STOVE APRON.

' Application filed March 30,1928. Serial No. 265,874.

This invention relates to fluid fuel stoves and especially to gas ranges and the like, especial reference being had to the fuel control valves and protective means therefor.

The main objects of the invention are to provide an improved form of guard, shield or apron for the fuel valves which are usually arranged in horizontal alinement on the front side of the stove or range; to provide for ready attachment or interchangeability of the shield or parts thereof; to providaan improved form of valve handle adapted to enhance the appearance of the stove as a whole and especially the valve and shield as- !5 sembly; to provide such a shield in such form and in such arrangement of parts as to facilitate ready removal manually without the use of any tools or need for disengaging any fastenings; and to provide a form of 0 shield of the character stated adapted for manufacture by the usual casting process.

An illustrative embodiment of this invention is shown by the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan of a stove showing four burners with their corresponding valves and shield. v

Fig. 2 is a. somewhat enlarged View of the lower leftcorner of Fig. 1 w th certain parts omitted.

Fig. 3 is a greatly enlarged fragmentary detail of one of the fastening means for attaching the front shield section to the rear section. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on the line 44 Fig. 5 is a similar section on the line 55 of Fig. 1. r

Fig. 6 is a plan substantially similar to Fig. 2, but with the front section of the shield displaced forwardly to expose the fuel supply pipe and valve connections.

Fig. 7 is a left end fragmentary vertical section on the line 77 of Fig. 5.

In the construction shown in the drawings,

the stove or range 1 is equipped in front with a fuel supply tube or manifold 2 having valves 3 (see Fig. 5) distributed along the length thereof, as shown by Fig. -1, to control the flow of fuel to the several burners 1 such as are commonly used in such devices. A pilot valve 5 is also provided whereby the burners may be lighted by pressing a button, as usual for gas stoves. A- protective shield or apron 6 is detachably mounted over said tube and valves, as best indicated in Fig. 5.

' bear upon the In order to accommodate the valve stems 7 and pilot 5, said apron is provided with corresponding perforations 8, which are represented by the complementary notches 8' and 8" in Fig. 6. For increased convenience both in accessibility to the valves and in keeping the stove clean, said shield is made in two sections 9 and. 10, front and rear respectively, the division being along the line of said valves as shown in Fig. 2. The rear section 10 engages the forward edge of the corresponding stove part and is held in p ace by the rearwardly disposed apron lugs 11 and the downward bearing lugs or shoulders 12, the latter' being disposed to rest upon the brackets 13 which support the fuel tube. By this arrangement the'rear section is removable, simply by lifting the front edge and thereby disengaging the lug 11 from the stove top edge, where- .upon the section may be pulled forward and removed. The front section 9 in somewhat similar fashion is detachably connected to the front edge of the rear section by the complementary interlocking lugs 1d and 15 on sections 9 and 10 respectively. Incidentally the lug 15 extends the entire length of the rear section, whereas the lugs 11 and 1 are 'distributed locally. The section 9.is provided withqdownward supporting lugs 16 which forward ends of the brackets 13. By this construction the front sectionmay be removed independently of the rear section merely by lifting the front edge and drawing the section forward.

Referring to the valves 3, it is to be noted that the stems 7 are in the form of plain upstanding studs ofpolygonal-shape', preferably having four sides as shown in Figs. 2,-

5 and 6 and are provided with easily removable-handles 18 having downwardly facing aperturcd cap bodies 19 to receive the corresponding stems 7 which are releasably held by headless set screws 20 having threaded engagement with the handle bodies 19.

By reason of this construction, and having lifted off the front section 9, it is very easy to remove the rear section 10 of the apron, simply by releasing the screws 20 and taking off the handles 18, whereupon the section 10 is free to be lifted off as above explained.

It is tobe noted that some of the most'obviousadvantages of this construction are, ready and eflicient sanitation, convenient accessibility to the fuel tube and valves both for cleaning and repairing; and moreover the sectional characterand method of mounting, as accommodated by the specified valve and capped handle construction, provides a most neat and attractive appearance, all wholly consistent With and conducive to maximum facility for use and operation.

Although but one Specific embodiment of this invention is herein shown and described, it 'is to be understood that numerous details of the construction shown may be altered or omitted Without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the following claims.

We claim:

1. A stove having a fuel manifold in combination with an apron overlying the latter, said manifold having one or more distribution valves equipped with control means extending through said apron, the latter being apertured to accommodate said means and being divided on a line extending through the control aperture or apertures.

2. A stove having a fuel manifold in combination with an apron overlying the latter, said manifold having one or more distribution valves equipped with cont-r01 means extending through said apron, the latter being apertured to accommodate said means and being divided on a line extending through the control aperture or apertures, said control means each comprising a detachable handie part formed to conceal the corresponding aperture.

3. A stove having a fuel manifold in combination with an apron overlying the latter, said manifold having a plurality of distribu tion valves equipped with control means ex tending through said apron, the latter being divide-d along the line of said means, one of the apron sections being detachably connected directly-to the stove and the other section being detachably connected directly to the said one section, said sections being detachable successively by lifting and pulling forward at the front edge first the said other section and then the one section.

Signed at Chicago this 28th day of March, 1928.

WALTER F. ROGERS.

JOHN 0. ROGERS. 

